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' N. W; HARTWELL.

TELEGRAPH BLANK. No. 2 4,297. Patented Sept. 4, 1883.

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TELEGRAPH BLANK;

4 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEWTON 1 w. HARTWELL, F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

TELEG R APH-BLAN K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of. Letters Patent No. 284,297, dated September .4, 1883. I Application filed January 2,1883. (No model I T 0 all whom itmagj concern Be it known that I,"NEw'roN W. HARTWELL, residing at Louisville, in the county of J efferson and State of Kentucky, and a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new.

anduseful'lmprovements inTelegraph-Blanks, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel isa view of the inside of the blank unfolded and full size for the common blank; Fig. 2, an outside or back View of the same blank.

, The object of this invention is tofurnish a paper blank for useby telegraph companies in delivering messages, which can be folded so as inform the envelope, which will properly cover the contained message or dispatch; and

' its nature consists in the arrangement and combinations hereinafter set forth and claimed as new; I

In the drawings, a indicates the body of the blank, which gives the blank the form of an envelope when folded; b, the end flaps or folds; c, the'bottoni fold;d, the 'topfold; e,

I the part provided or covered with mucilage;

I f, the opening-line; g h h t, folding-lines, and

j uncut corners.

I The inside of the blank isheadcd or ruled, as shown atFig. 1, and it will be seen that in use no part of the written'matterwill come on the fold or flap (I, so that if the blank should be opened by cutting it on the line g,mas is a common practice in opening envelopes, then the written message would remain intact on the remainingportion of theblank, andif it should be opened by cutting on the line h it will seldom occur that any portion of the message would be injured or detached, and I am able to do this by reason of giving the blank I or sheet the diamond or lozenge shapeshown.

By folding on the lines shown the sheet pro jects beyondthe fold, so as to form or leave corners j, whichwould be cut out in the ordinary formation of envelopes; but I leave them uncut for thejpurpose of forming partial locks or fastenings for the end flaps, b. As I fold these flaps first, the folding over them of the flaps 0 cl forms the locks at the corners, which prevent the flaps b-from being pulled out, so that it is not necessary to apply mucilage to I be cut at the line f, although no special harm would occur if it wereopened on the line 9 or h.

Theprinted matter on the back or outside is arranged so as to come in proper position I when the blank is folded, as shown in Fig. 2,

and it is so arranged'that no special harm would come by cutting or opening the blank, when formed into an envelope, on any of the lines before mentioned for cutting.

By this arrangement, for a very large portion of the business,the expense caused by the useof separate envelopesis avoided,and when filed away the message and envelope are preserved together without the filing of two pa- I;

pers, as would be required in preserving the message and the envelope when desiring to preserve both, and I accomplish this without increasing the size of the ordinary blank.

It will be understood that various sizes and colors are or may be used with these blanks, the same as with those now used by the telegraph companies, and that for additional security they may be placed in ordinary envelopes, as before. I

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The lozenge-shaped telegraph -blank,hav-

ing the interior printed matter located on the flap d, as shown,whereby the written message on the body a will be preserved intact if the said flap be severed on the folding-lineg, sub stantially as described.

2. The lozenge-shaped telegraph-blank,hav

ing the top and bottom flaps, d c, and the end i flaps, b b, all arranged to form the uncut locks j at the four corners when theblank is folded, substantially as described.

NEWTON w. HARTWELL.

' Witnesses:

L. L. BoNn, A. H. ADAMS. 

